Bethiah (Conant) Spaulding (1684 - 1759)

Born 14 Oct 1684 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Wife of Jonathan Herrick — married 25 Oct 1713 in Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 4 Dec 1759 at age 75 in Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

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Biography

Bethiah Conant was the daughter of John Conant and Bethiah Mansfield. She was born on 14 October 1684 in Beverly, Massachusetts. ^[1] On 25 October 1713, Bethiah married Jonathan Herrick, as his second wife, in Beverly.^[2] Bethia and Jonathan had, at least, six children before his death in 1724. Based on Jonathan's probate case, before 18 September 1724, she married Timothy Spaulding of Westford, Massachusetts.^[3] On 4 December 1759, Bethiah passed away in Westford, Massachusetts.^[4]

Children of Bethiah Conant and Jonathan Herrick

• Israel Herrick (1714-????)
• Jonathan Herrick (1715-1725)
• Mary Herrick (1717-1775) married Ezra Jewett, Sr.(1710-1793)
• Joseph Herrick (1719-1795) married Lois Cutler (abt 1720-1812)
• Bethiah (Herrick) Fletcher (1721-1772) possibly married Benjamin Fletcher (1716-1772)
• Lucy Herrick (1722/1723-1808) married Benjamin Hosley (1721-1803)

Children of Bethiah Conant and Timothy Spaulding

• Jonathan Spaulding (1730-????)

Research Notes

• Per Find-A-Grave she remarried Timothy Spaulding. The memorial appears to be a virtual memorial #71181419 . This does not match Beverly vital records which indicate Bethiah died as a widow in 1774. The Bethiah mentioned in Find-A-Grave passes in 1759 and that can be verified in Westford vital records, although the name is spelled differently.^[4]
• Beverly vital records are in error with respect to Bethiah Herrick wife of Jonathan passing in 1774, it may be her daughter since there is no proof found regarding her marriage to Benjamin Fletcher. Bethiah did marry Timothy Spaulding of Westford. Middlesex probate case 11192 clearly states she remarried and her husband was Timothy Spaulding.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008), Beverly Births, Pg. 83
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: NewEnglandAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2008), Beverly Marriages, Pg. 158. https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsbev01masgoog#page/n161/mode/2up .
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871.Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14462/11192-co1/0
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Vital Records of Westford Massachusetts To the end of the year 1849, The Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., 1915, pg. 315, https://archive.org/stream/vitalrecordsofwe1849west#page/n319/mode/2up.

• "A history and genealogy of the Conant family in England and America, thirteen generations, 1520-1887 : containing also some genealogical notes on the Connet, Connett and Connit families". page 151.

Acknowledgments

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• Spalding, Charles Warren. The Spalding Memorial: A Genealogical History of Edward Spalding of Virginia and Massachusetts Bay and His Descendants. Chicago, IL: American Publishers Association 1897. Reprint Chelmsford, MA: Spalding Documentation Services, Inc. 1996. Page 81.